An Israeli couple in Ukraine's capital city of Kiev were rescued from a near-lynching last Friday, right before Shabbat.

Zalman Hetzklovich and his wife were walking in Kiev's Independence Square in the center of the city, when eight Ukrainians wearing uniforms and holding sticks suddenly leaped out of a van at them.

The Ukrainians pointed at the couple, shouting in Russian for them to stop.

"I understood that if I didn't run at that moment it would be the end of us," reported Hetzklovich. "I stopped a taxi and got in with my wife, asking the driver to get us out of there. The attackers surrounded the car and demanded the driver stop."

"The driver stepped on the gas and knocked over the rioters, who succeeded in damaging one side of the cab. The driver was able to drive one block away until he reached a traffic jam; we saw the pursuers were back, and had gotten into their car, starting to chase after us," recounted Hetzklovich.

The Israeli couple proceeded to get out of the taxi and run on foot several streets away, until they reached a synagogue, where they realized they had miraculously managed to escape.

"The Ukrainians pointed at the couple, shouting in Russian for them to stop." More likely, it was Russian Spetsnaz or hired thugs sent in to provoke incidents in Ukraine. The same technique was used by Hitler to justify his annexations of Austria and the Sudentenland.

Rabbi Hillel Cohen, Chairman of the Kiev Hatzala emergency rescue organization, who was stabbed last Thursday by anti-Semites, spoke about the incident.

The rabbi, who was released from the hospital Saturday, said "we called up the police today during the Purim holiday to present a complaint, but apparently the government in Ukraine is dealing with more pressing problems at the moment."

"Apparently they were provocateurs that hit and stabbed me last Thursday night," noted the rabbi, adding "it's starting to come clear that there are pro-Russian rioters wanting to cause anarchy and chaos for the Ukrainian government."

Regarding the Israeli couple, the rabbi noted that "due to the tensions and danger, and after submitting the complaint, we got return tickets for them to Israel the same evening."

“”Apparently they were provocateurs that hit and stabbed me last Thursday night,” noted the rabbi, adding “it’s starting to come clear that there are pro-Russian rioters wanting to cause anarchy and chaos for the Ukrainian government.””

I am astonished that the US news media coverage of the Ukraine crisis is so inadequate. I suspect that they are deliberately ignoring Russia's use of agent provocateurs in order to protect Obama from issues that are beyond his meager abilities.

I think he would also like Анкоридж на Аляске. Sarah could then REALLY see Russia from her house! Yukoners would have to learn Russian, as well as English. The lefties in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland of BC would relish such a move, I'm sure!

That is not what happened. Yanukovych was thuggish and corrupt and was overthrown because, under Russian pressure, he repudiated his solemn election promises to affiliate with the EU. The terms of such an affiliation would have helped to end the corruption and heavy state regulation that have crippled Ukraine and impaired the development of its economy and democratic institutions.

The specific event that prompted the overthrow of the Yanukovych government was the shooting of dozens of Ukrainian protesters, apparently by Russian special forces snipers in government buildings. That led the protesters, supported by many police and subordinate officials, to then occupy most of the government quarter. This prompted Yanukovych to flee to Russia.

“there are pro-Russian rioters wanting to cause anarchy and chaos for the Ukrainian government.” “

Wait, I’m so confused. I thought it was -OK- to cause anarchy and chaos if you disagreed with the Ukrainian government. Like if you disagreed with a trade treaty.
But I guess that was last month. Now the government must be held in the highest esteem again.

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posted on 03/23/2014 10:02:55 PM PDT
by DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)

I was just in Kiev last summer and was understand by absolutely erveryone when using Russian. The use of a language is a meaningless factoid here, pending further verified information. It is obvious that the pro-revolutionary forces such as Svoboda and “Right” Sector are anti0-Seminitis and proudly so.

Wait, Im so confused. I thought it was -OK- to cause anarchy and chaos if you disagreed with the Ukrainian government.

Is it not okay to expect your government to live up to its promises? Is it okay to shoot protestors using snipers? Is it okay for a foreign country to use this opportunity to invade and steal a section of your country? If these are foreign or paid Russian provacateurs, is it okay that they beat up the Jewish citizens?

Bottome line, if you were a Ukranian, with their history, would you hold a pro-Russian government in "the highest esteem"?

Leave Europe. There’s no more White Paper or blockade, and no more reason to stay and put up with this crap, not in France, England, Ukraine, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Hungary, or anywhere. Come to Israel and boycott EU goods.

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